Patricia's responsibilities include national media contacts, issues related to university communications and media relations, and serving as the University spokesperson. A newspaper reporter by training, Mroczek has worked in higher education media relations and communications at four institutions. She came to Kettering from Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Mich., where she served as manager of news services. She previously served as director of publications and information at Adrian College in Adrian, Mich., and as an associate editor of communications at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. She was also a reporter and photographer at the "Huron Daily Tribune" in Bad Axe, Mich. She has had photographs published by United Press International and the Detroit News and has freelanced for a variety of publications, including several agriculture magazines. She earned a master's degree in journalism at Ohio State University and a bachelor's degree in journalism from Central Michigan University.
